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Hi there, I use a Carlinkit AIR2 wireless carplay kit for my Skoda Superb 3, for 2 reasons: Handy not having to get my phone out of my pocket. But more importantly: My wife still has a lightning connector and I have USB-C, to connect to the car. The Carlinkit basically does its job. But in the scenario of stepping out of the car and returning after a short while, the phone does connect to wireless carplay, but the controls, both touch screen and buttons on the steering wheel, wont work. I have to unplug the CarlinKit and plug it back in to make it work. Updating the firmware of the CarlinKit did not make a difference. What I found is that it could be related that the power stays on the USB port for quite some time. Ideally the USB power is cut off the moment I open the driver door (which is when the Columbus system switches itself off anyway.) But I havent found a way of achieving this. An ugly solution would be a USB cable with power switch, but it takes aways the effortless carplay experience. Do others have this problem and did anyone find a fix?

The MIB3 system has its own updates. Best to go to the Skoda website and type in your VIN code of the car to see if an update is available.

As I mentioned 2 folders and 1 file. Not 3 files. But indeed not the zip file itself

Curious to know more about the experience. Convinced it works, but what are you experiencing as benefits or downsides vs wired? I bought a short coiled lightning cable so easy to put the cable in, but also easy to close the lid. And I dont always want to use CarPlay. Sometimes I prefer BT connectivity for use of internal satnav synced with contacts. So what benefit does it bring, besides not connecting it? Is the device in the way of the QI wireless charger of the car?

Make sure you open the ZIP file and move the 2 folders and 1 file to the SD card. Dont put the whole ZIP file on the SD card. SD card should look similar to this: (the md5 hash file has no value for the upgrade and doesnt need to be on there) There should be 2 folders starting with MIB2..... and a file. Also there are known issues with doing on a Mac and some odd hidden files staying behind. Although the progress may not be properly visible. You should at least see there is an update on the SD card. (What the system doesnt do is check whether the update on the SD card is newer than whats installed. Even after completing the update, it still tells me there is an update on SD card. Taking the SD card out resolves that problem.)

I agree that a heated front screen is great. Happy to have that feature. Always had it on my Ford's before. And (A)CC is one of my favourites and use it all the time. Seat heating is pure comfort but can do without.

I already have all those other features and I can tell the heated seats are great,even with the alcantara seat. Lane assist and blind spot monitoring are great and use them all the time.

The clever part in Simply Clever is probably the self-cleaning feature of the inside of the headlights I suppose. We just didnt think of that ;)

Xenon lights get a lot warmer which helps removing the moisture. Since LED lights dont warm up that much I doubt it will be the same. I guess I need to park the car in the sun in de summer.

Thanks for the tip, but since the user manual even describes it as being normal, and some investigation shows dealers will tell you its normal and will not take any action. It really is a feature. You can find it in the manual at the lights, wiper sprayer section. On the first few pages in the little troubleshooting part.

I guess the main problem is that good old fashioned head lights get warm when switched on and take care of all the moist stuck in the headlight body, but since full led headlights they simply dont get warm enough to clear. I am with you, expecting it to impact the light beam. You would expect it to be easy to make it water proof? Since its in the user manual, I guess it's a feature

Apologies for opening this topic! It raised immediate concerns, but should have investigated this more. It is even in the manual that this does not cause any harm and is "to be expected" (I can post a screenshot of the manual page, but since it's in Dutch the value is somewhat limited.) In short: This is what Skoda believes is normal on these humid, cold days of the year. I thought this would even cause failure of MOT (Dutch equivalent: APK) but it doesnt seem to do so. That was with old cars.

Hi all, I have noticed that my 1 year old MK3 with full matrix LED head lights (not sure if that's relevant, but better be as detailed as possible) has moisture in both headlights. The car is a year old. Its hard to clearly capture, but visible on both these pictures: Is that something that needs to be addressed? Or is that expected and "normal"? One 1 picture you see the "dots" (left headlight) and the other a big cloud near the center of the car (right headlight)

That would simply answer the question. So odd that they dont offer the feature at all on the Sportline (and even if they did, that's too late now ) (For the record: When I say, they dont offer, that is in The Netherlands. It's funny to see differences of versions and options on those versions in different countries.)

As far as I understand only the L&K version of the Superb comes with fully automatic parking assist. The Sportline edition has the camera with instructions for parking (which is also called parking assist to make it easier) and how to steer, but you have to do it yourself and after some practice the conclusion is: better just look at the camera and surroundings and steer your own way, because the instructions arent great to get into a parking place) It appears that all hardware required is already available on the car and it's a software choice not to have it enabled. (Correct me if I am wrong.) So I wonder if it would be possible to enable the feature afterwards in the car by a change of software. (The car has a camera, sensors front and back, lane assist (which does the steering for you.) Even my 2016 Ford Focus fully parked the car by itself. The one feature this Superb is missing.